خوخ

See also: جوج‎, جوخ‎, and حوج‎

Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic חוֹחַא‎ (ḥōḥā, “thornbush”), likely originally referring to the Prunus spinosa variety, commonly known as blackthorn; cognates with Classical Syriac ܚܘܚܐ‎ (ḥōḥā, “thornbush”), and Hebrew חוֹחַ‎ (ḥōaḥ, “thornbush”), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic חָחָא‎ / חָאחָא‎ (ḥaḥḥā, “plum”), Classical Syriac ܚܲܚܵܐ‎ (ḥaḥḥā, “plum”). Possibly an ancient Turkic borrowing, belonging to the family of Azerbaijani göyəm (“sloe”) (see there for more Turkic).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xawx/

Noun

خَوْخ • (ḵawḵ) m (collective, singulative خَوْخَة‎ f (ḵawḵa))

1. a fruit of the genus Prunus (plum, peach, apricot, cherry); often one sort in particular, but with regional differences
   1. peach, peaches

      Synonyms: (Levant) دُرّاق‎ (durrāq), (Southwest Arabia, Al-Andalus) فِرْسِك‎ (firsik), (Mauritania, Western Sahara) بَرْقُوق‎ (barqūq)

   2. (Syria, Jordan, Oman) plum, plums

      Synonyms: بَرْقُوق‎ (barqūq), (Al-Andalus, Iraq) إِجَّاص‎ (ʔijjāṣ), (Tunisia, Libya, Al-Andalus) عَيْن الْبَقَر‎ (ʕayn al-baqar), (Al-Andalus) عَبْقَر‎ (ʕabqar)

Declension

Declension of noun خَوْخ (ḵawḵ)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَوْخ ḵawḵ	الْخَوْخ‎ al-ḵawḵ	خَوْخ ḵawḵ
Nominative	خَوْخٌ ḵawḵun	الْخَوْخُ‎ al-ḵawḵu	خَوْخُ ḵawḵu
Accusative	خَوْخًا‎ ḵawḵan	الْخَوْخَ‎ al-ḵawḵa	خَوْخَ ḵawḵa
Genitive	خَوْخٍ ḵawḵin	الْخَوْخِ‎ al-ḵawḵi	خَوْخِ ḵawḵi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَوْخَة‎ ḵawḵa	الْخَوْخَة‎ al-ḵawḵa	خَوْخَة‎ ḵawḵat
Nominative	خَوْخَةٌ‎ ḵawḵatun	الْخَوْخَةُ‎ al-ḵawḵatu	خَوْخَةُ‎ ḵawḵatu
Accusative	خَوْخَةً‎ ḵawḵatan	الْخَوْخَةَ‎ al-ḵawḵata	خَوْخَةَ‎ ḵawḵata
Genitive	خَوْخَةٍ‎ ḵawḵatin	الْخَوْخَةِ‎ al-ḵawḵati	خَوْخَةِ‎ ḵawḵati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَوْخَتَيْن‎ ḵawḵatayn	الْخَوْخَتَيْن‎ al-ḵawḵatayn	خَوْخَتَيْ‎ ḵawḵatay
Nominative	خَوْخَتَانِ‎ ḵawḵatāni	الْخَوْخَتَانِ‎ al-ḵawḵatāni	خَوْخَتَا‎ ḵawḵatā
Accusative	خَوْخَتَيْنِ‎ ḵawḵatayni	الْخَوْخَتَيْنِ‎ al-ḵawḵatayni	خَوْخَتَيْ‎ ḵawḵatay
Genitive	خَوْخَتَيْنِ‎ ḵawḵatayni	الْخَوْخَتَيْنِ‎ al-ḵawḵatayni	خَوْخَتَيْ‎ ḵawḵatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَوْخَات‎ ḵawḵāt	الْخَوْخَات‎ al-ḵawḵāt	خَوْخَات‎ ḵawḵāt
Nominative	خَوْخَاتٌ‎ ḵawḵātun	الْخَوْخَاتُ‎ al-ḵawḵātu	خَوْخَاتُ‎ ḵawḵātu
Accusative	خَوْخَاتٍ‎ ḵawḵātin	الْخَوْخَاتِ‎ al-ḵawḵāti	خَوْخَاتِ‎ ḵawḵāti
Genitive	خَوْخَاتٍ‎ ḵawḵātin	الْخَوْخَاتِ‎ al-ḵawḵāti	خَوْخَاتِ‎ ḵawḵāti

Descendants

• Maltese: ħawħ
• → Amharic: ኮክ (kok)
• → Blin: ኮክ (kok)
• → Ge'ez: ኮክ (kok), ኮክሕ (kokəḥ), ኮክህ (kokəh), ኆኅ (ḫoḫ), ኆህ (ḫoh)
• → Harari: ኁኂ (ḫūḫi)
• Kurdish:

  → Northern Kurdish: xox

  → Central Kurdish: قۆخ‎ (qox), کۆخ‎ (kox)

  → Southern Kurdish: قووخ‎ (qûx), کووخ‎ (kûx)

• → Middle Armenian: խոխ (xox)
• → Saho: kak
• → Gurage: ኩክ (kuk)
• → Tigre: ኮክ (kok)
• → Tigrinya: ኩኽ (kux)
• → Zazaki: xewx, xox

References

• Houtsma, Martin Theodor (1894) Ein türkisch-arabisches Glossar, nach der Leidener Handschrift herausgegeben und erläutert‎^[1] (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 100
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 280
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 142

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic خَوْخ‎ (ḵawḵ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxoːx/, [ˈxo̞ːx]

Noun

خوخ • (ḵōḵ) m (collective, singulative خوخة‎ f (ḵōḵa))

1. peach

See also

• بخارى‎ (buḵāra, “plum”)
• مشمش‎ (mišmiš, “apricot”)

Etymology 2

From Arabic خَوَّخَ‎ (ḵawwaḵa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxawwax/

Verb

خوخ • (ḵawwaḵ) II (non-past يخوخ‎ (yiḵawwiḵ), verbal noun تَخْوِيخ‎ (taḵwīḵ), passive participle مُخَوِّخ‎ (muḵawwiḵ))

1. to hollow out
2. to decay, to rot

Moroccan Arabic

Root
خ و خ‎
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic خَوْخ‎ (ḵawḵ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xuːx/

• Audio

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Noun

خوخ • (ḵūḵ) m (collective, singulative خوخة‎ f (ḵūḵa), paucal خوخات‎ (ḵūḵāt))

1. peaches

Etymology 2

From Arabic خَوَّخَ‎ (ḵawwaḵa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaw.wax/

Verb

خوخ • (ḵawwaḵ) II (non-past يخوخ‎ (yḵawwaḵ), verbal noun تخواخ‎ (taḵwāḵ), passive participle مخوخ‎ (mḵawwaḵ))

1. to hollow out
2. to decay, to rot

Conjugation

Conjugation of خوخ
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	خوّخت‎ (ḵawwaḵt)	خوّختي‎ (ḵawwaḵti)	خوّخ (ḵawwaḵ)		خوّخنا‎ (ḵawwaḵna)	خوّختوا‎ (ḵawwaḵtu)	خوّخوا‎ (ḵawwḵu)
	f			خوّخت‎ (ḵawwḵāt)
non-past	m	نخوّخ‎ (nḵawwaḵ)	تخوّخ‎ (tḵawwaḵ)	يخوّخ‎ (yḵawwaḵ)		نخوّخوا‎ (nḵawwḵu)	تخوّخوا‎ (tḵawwḵu)	يخوّخوا‎ (yḵawwḵu)
	f		تخوّخي‎ (tḵawwḵi)	تخوّخ‎ (tḵawwaḵ)
imperative	m		خوّخ (ḵawwaḵ)				خوّخوا‎ (ḵawwḵu)
	f		خوّخي‎ (ḵawwḵi)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic خَوْخ‎ (ḵawḵ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xoːx/, [xoːx]

• Audio (Bethlehem)

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Noun

خوخ • (ḵōḵ) m (collective, singulative خوخة‎ f (ḵōḵe), paucal خوخات‎ (ḵōḵāt))

1. (uncountable) peaches

   ‏حبة خوخ / خوخة‎‎ ― ḥabbet ḵōḵ / ḵōḵe ― a peach

2. (uncountable, regional) plums

   Synonyms: برقوق‎ (barʔūʔ), (Galilee) بروميا‎ (brūmya)